Shen Yuhua also nodded and quickly turned around and walked away.
Everyone involved in this incident today has no intention of going to work in the rice field anymore, so they can only wait patiently.
Half an hour later, when the sun was about to reach the top of the head, people from the Yamen arrived. Three official servants came.
The village chief could only bite the bullet and introduce the officials to the Shen family ancestral hall.
Shen Wanxue and the villagers all arrived here.
"A commoner girl has seen three adults!" She saluted as she came up, and the three official officials were also very happy because of her behavior.
"Are you going to report it to the official? Tell me, what is it?"
"Sir, the three acres of wasteland owned by the civilian girl have finally been cleared of debris and some upland rice has been planted...
The destruction now is horrific. We farmers rely on this food to survive, and now that someone has done this, I ask the official to make the decision for the daughter of the people!"
"Is there such a thing? You have to pay taxes soon. Someone would do such a thing in the face of this result. It is simply unconscionable.
Little girl, do you have any evidence or suspects?" one of the officials asked.
"Sir, this is what we found in the ground..."
She handed over two things she found in the ground.
"Sir, look..."
"This...many people have this red line on their wallets. Even adults wear it...How to check this?"
"Sir, everyone can indeed wear the red thread, but the copper coins on it may have names engraved on it..." This was just a guess on her part. After all, some people like to have their names engraved on their things.
After hearing what she said, the officer took the red thread and began to check it carefully.
really.
"This...Shen Yusheng...who is called Shen Yusheng in your village?" After the officer said these words, everyone present was stunned.
"Isn't this the boy from the fourth family?"
"Did they really do it?"
"Sir, can you look at the name inside and outside the purse again?"
After the officer looked through the purse again, he saw Shen Yulan's name in the corner.
"Village Chief Shen, please find Shen Yulan and Shen Yusheng!"
Village Chief Shen immediately called the two men over.
Shen Yulan and Shen Yusheng were waiting for lunch at home. Who would have thought that they would be called here.
"What's going on? It's almost noon, why do you call us an ancestral hall?"
No one answered Shen Yusheng's words. It was not until they entered the ancestral hall that they discovered that there were so many people inside the ancestral hall, and there were three official servants, including Shen Wanxue.
When they saw Guan Cha and Shen Wanxue, their faces immediately turned pale, and their legs almost gave out.
"Sir, these are Shen Yulan and Shen Yusheng..."
The three officials quickly cast their sharp eyes on them, and then Shen Yulan and Shen Yusheng were pushed to the middle position.
"Shen Yulan, Shen Yusheng, do these two things belong to you two?"
When they saw the lost things at home, the two people's faces became even paler, and their trembling instincts refused to admit it.
"It's not mine. My red line is at home, still at home..."
"That purse is not mine. It's really not mine. My purse is blue..."
The two of them said this very awkwardly, but no one present believed them.
"Really? This doesn't belong to you two. Why is it engraved with your two names? Tell me! Where did you go last night?" After saying this, an official slapped the table.
The two people were so frightened that they squatted on the ground.
"I, I, we didn't do anything, really we didn't go anywhere, we just slept..."
"Sleeping? Are you sleeping and throwing your own things in other people's fields? Your two names are engraved on them, and you are still messing around here?"
"Sir, I still have evidence!" Shen Yufu said and walked in from the door, holding three pairs of shoes in his hand and throwing them into everyone's sight.
"Sir, these three pairs of shoes were found at our house. You see there are still emerald green sprouts stuck to them...
This belongs to my stepmother, and the other two pairs belong to them... So they are the ones who destroyed the crops... Please punish me severely!"
Seeing that the mud on the shoes was still stained with green buds, everyone looked at the two people in front of them with hatred.
"Uncle, we were wrong, please forgive us..."
"I was wrong too, I shouldn't have done such a thing..."
The two people realized that this matter could no longer be concealed, so they could only bite the bullet and keep begging on the ground.
"Forgive you? I said, I will not let you go!" The anger in Shen Wanxue's heart was still burning. Looking at the two people in front of her, she had clenched her fists tightly. If it weren't for the official,
, she had already gone up and beat them hard.
"Go and bring Shen Zhou here!" Shen Yuan ordered.
Mrs. Shen Zhou was cooking at home and humming a little tune. Then she heard waves of footsteps walking into the courtyard.
"Fourth, are you at home?"
When Shen Laosi heard someone calling him outside, he walked out unsteadily and saw the person standing at the door.
"What's going on?"
"The village chief asked you and your mother-in-law to go to the ancestral hall..."
"What's the matter?" Shen Laosi still didn't understand.
"You go quickly, it's late, but it won't do any good..." The man glanced at them, curled his lips, turned around and left.
When Shen Laosi heard this, he immediately panicked, quickly changed into clothes and tidied up his clothes.
Shen Zhou also heard it in the kitchen, quickly turned off the fire, simmered the vegetables in the pot, and came out in a panic.
"Quick, the village chief is definitely going to share the benefits..."
After the two people left home in a hurry, they went straight to the ancestral hall.
When they arrived, the ancestral hall was already overcrowded. The two of them didn't understand what was going on, so they squeezed to the front little by little.
When they saw a pair of children squatting on the ground, crying and begging, Shen Laosi still didn't understand what happened, but Shen Zhou's face turned pale.
"Ms. Shen Zhou, your son and daughter have already admitted it, what else do you have to say?" The official looked at Mrs. Shen Zhou coldly.
Shen Zhou always had a sarcastic look, but at this moment, his face became even paler and his body was shaking.
"I... Sir, you, did you make a mistake?"
"Made a mistake? There are so many people at the scene as evidence.
Since you have both stolen goods and there are physical evidence and witnesses, now they want to sue you for destroying other people's crops.